96 Gillespie is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Canadian artist Pandora Vaughan in London.

September 6, 2004 -- Pandora Vaughan . Prospector

96 Gillespie is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Canadian artist Pandora Vaughan in London.

The exhibition consists of a new series of landscapes: paintings, collage, models and a sideshow tent* with 4 carat horticultural wonders on display.

These works feature imagined narratives, discoveries of vast wealth in mundane places, and re-enactments where memory has embellished the original event.

Her work centres on displacement and the need for novelty in explorations into cultivated nature. Nostalgia triggers and frontier mentality, orchestrated public space, faces in the mist, diamonds in the ground, gold in the rocks, a yarn to make a dull place more interesting. The selective vision can see every spatial experience as a story.

Prospect and Refuge, habitats for the master escapist.

Pandora grew up in Canada in an unconventional environment. She holds a BA in Fine Art from the conceptually punishing Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, and an MA Art in Architecture from the University of East London. Originally trained as a painter she now works on installation and public art projects across the UK. Her work has been in numerous exhibitions in Canada and the UK and has included collaborations with Lesley Davey, Marisa Carnesky and Lee Dalby. She is currently working to design a footbridge in Somerset and on landscape projects in North Wales with the architect Huw Owen.

Her fixations are past visions of the future, spaces of incarceration, the human zoo and the need for topiary.

*The Honiton Diamonds was originally commissioned by East Devon District Council and the Arts Council South West for the Honiton Festival 2004.

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contact: melanie standage or pat graham for images or
more information.
0207-503-3496

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private view: Friday sept 10, 7-9 pm

10 Sept - 7 Oct 2004

hours: tu-su. 12 noon - 6pm

FREE




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